Three pedestrians have also been killed this year. An 84-year-old was hit on a pedestrian crossing and pinned beneath the car at a busy shopping centre on March 26.

A 64-year-old died on Whatawhata Rd on March 6, and an 88-year-old man died after he was struck down on State Highway 1 at Karapiro.

King's 12-year-old daughter, Shayna-Grace, left home at 8.15am last Thursday.

King gave her "perfect little angel" a big kiss and told her "be careful, it's about to pour down".

Shayna-Grace turned right onto Beatty St, took two more right turns then walked down Normandy Ave.

The hit-and-run occurred on the pedestrian crossing on Ohaupo Rd, 60m north of the intersection with Normandy Ave.

Melville Intermediate School principal, David Cooke, said both the roundabout and crossing have been dangerous for years.

King said Shayna-Grace stepped out onto the north-bound lane from the traffic island expecting the approaching car to stop. It didn't.

It ran over her foot and the wing mirror crashed into her stomach and arm.

The impact fractured her foot in four places and she's now on crutches.

"The worst thing was, and what makes me angry, is the driver carried on, stopped about 200m up the road, checked its mirror with its hand then carried on - to see what hit its mirror - how bad is that?"

Shayna-Grace didn't get a look at the driver. She said the car was a silver-grey hatchback. The only hard piece of evidence against the driver was collected by Cooke.

After hearing about the incident he ran down to try to find clues. The cracked glass from the wing mirror was lying on the road. Printed on the back was Renault-Nissan.